Oswald Thomas OLLIVER

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Service Number:	4190
Enlisted:	4 November 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lyttleton, New Zealand, 1891
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Waiter
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. Panel 17
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

4 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4190, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
8 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4190, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
8 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4190, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney

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Residential address at the time enlistment was given as Alma Street, Newtown, NSW.

Son of Charles Sweet Olliver and Mary Ann Olliver of Lyttleton, NZ.

Next of kin was given as his sister Florence May of Voleas Road, Lyttleton, NZ.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal